tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4055813556305660720..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The First Amendment is Dead - And It's Taking the SecondSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-7875847824339157022011-01-24T12:55:09.112-05:002011-01-24T12:55:09.112-05:00God this is so creepy. I don't even know where...God this is so creepy. I don't even know where to start. <br /><br />Maybe with planning the move to Canada.Jr Deputy Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886649539758133191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34722752247110037062011-01-21T16:38:20.225-05:002011-01-21T16:38:20.225-05:00Newbius,
Treat me like a criminal, don't be s...Newbius,<br /><br />Treat me like a criminal, don't be surprised when I start acting like one.<br /><br />I agree 100%<br /><br /><br />They miss the fundamental point of these statements.<br /><br />An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.<br />Voltaire<br /><br />Or the Tree of Liberty quote.Chris K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82992633554213932362011-01-21T10:31:16.655-05:002011-01-21T10:31:16.655-05:00Reg T said "when the Constitution no longer p...Reg T said <em>"when the Constitution no longer protects us from our government, we will have to start protecting ourselves."</em><br /><br />When the Constitution no longer protects us from Government, it also no longer protects Government from us.Newbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501998014769060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58046943730350367122011-01-20T20:42:15.946-05:002011-01-20T20:42:15.946-05:00Reg T brings up a good point about the book "...Reg T brings up a good point about the book "Unintended Consequences" and I recommend anyone who hasn't read it should. In a strange sort of coincidence, thanks to this blog, I've been able to reconnect with a friend of about 20 years. He gave me a copy of the original book some time ago, and I read it on my iPhone. I have to say there were times when I asked myself "where on Earth is he going with this?" as the story developed, but it's a good story. <br /><br />My all time favorite quote from the world of science goes, "Prediction is very hard - especially about the future" (Nils Bohr, BTW). Whether the constitution bleeds out first or the economy collapses first, or if they all crash together, I couldn't say. Some unpleasant history is definitely on the way, though. <br /><br />Chris K, I think the difference is that the DHS and the DOJ have been beating on the "Right wing extremist" drum so long and so hard that Kim Jung (Mentally) Ill could wander into downtown San Francisco with a nuke under his arm and no one would so much as glance, but let one blogger make an unfortunate joke and it's off to death penalty time.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-31578912861300194752011-01-20T16:24:12.253-05:002011-01-20T16:24:12.253-05:00Post added at my blog, for what its worth. This m...Post added at my blog, for what its worth. This makes me angry. Maybe if we can get enough echo through the blogosphere we can make a few more people see where this is headed. As long as the levers of power exist, the statists will always wrest control them. This is the kind of stuff that we're not voting our way out of, I'm afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40743270855343952412011-01-20T12:21:28.786-05:002011-01-20T12:21:28.786-05:00Explain to me how when the Deputy Chief of Staff J...Explain to me how when the Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina says "“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard.”<br /><br />Or when the President says “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."<br /><br />I am supposed to know that is hyperbole, and political rhetoric. And not to be taken seriously.<br /><br />But when a blogger says the same he is now the subject of an investigation and he has property confiscated without Due Process. Investigated as a "possible threat" or "inciting violence".<br /><br />How the F* does that work?<br /><br />A blogger with very little readership in the grand scheme of things can mobilize more than the President? Should be taken more seriously than the Deputy Chief of Staff?<br /><br />EXCUSE ME?Chris K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-71155961533991782232011-01-19T23:30:31.644-05:002011-01-19T23:30:31.644-05:00BTW, if you are a member of the gun culture and/or...BTW, if you are a member of the gun culture and/or love liberty, read Unintended Consequences. Long, with a fair amount of history on the gun culture, but you'll be glad you hung in there when you get to the last third or so of the book. It is out of print, and the publisher does not respond at all to requests for more copies to purchase, so feel free to download it here. It's legal and cheaper than the $100+ being asked at Amazon and Alibris for existing hardcopies:<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/11793519/Unintended-ConsequencesReg Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-64660625181780956382011-01-19T23:22:37.552-05:002011-01-19T23:22:37.552-05:00Amazing. The Left can talk about killing Bush, rap...Amazing. The Left can talk about killing Bush, raping and killing Palin, but this guy on the Right talks about what has already happened to a politician (even though most of us wish it hadn't to this particular politician) and he loses his guns and gets investigated? How many of us have talked about 535 politicians at the bottom of the San Francisco Bay as being a "good start", about "taking one hundred heads", about what a great book Unintended Consequences is? <br /><br />Even if this guy was actually advocating violence, what the HELL do they think Jefferson was talking about when he said "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ?<br /><br />We have indeed lost the First Amendment, and it looks like we might soon have to exercise the Second before we lose them all. A lot rides on whether or not this Congress can stop the bleeding - the bleeding of our Constitution - before it dies completely. Because when the Constitution no longer protects us from our government, we will have to start protecting ourselves.Reg Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56997161822590892702011-01-19T22:00:46.412-05:002011-01-19T22:00:46.412-05:00Thanks Graybeard.
ColdFusion, what we do is keep ...Thanks Graybeard.<br /><br />ColdFusion, what we do is keep winning. The bun banners are paniced - they see that they're losing, losing, losing. Post Heller/McDonald, this is the next legal frontier.<br /><br />I moved away from Massachusetts before their stupid "shall issue" licenses got struck down - hasn't happened yet - but it will be. This sort of thing is what will get it struck down.<br /><br />We're seeing most of the country go to Shall Issue, and the rest will be forced there soon. We're seeing more and more states considering legal Open Carry.<br /><br />We need to keep them on the run. This is what winning looks like.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-66051497560344664722011-01-19T21:38:37.962-05:002011-01-19T21:38:37.962-05:00What the hell are we going to do about this? Just ...What the hell are we going to do about this? Just allow it? If we ever needed proof that the right wing is the reasonable wing.. just imagine how many lefties would be out in the streets with signs if the sides were flipped.ColdFusionhttp://kiwidayn.comicgenesis.comnoreply@blogger.com